Asylum in a Climate-Changed World: Bridging the Protection Gap in the EU Article Climate change and the consequential natural disasters have become common drivers of migration – a phenomenon that will be further exacerbated as the climate crisis continues. Maria Giovanna Manieri, Advisor to the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, explains the policy framework affecting climate refugees and highlights prospects for Greens in the European Parliament to foster progress on the issue. By Maria Giovanna Manieri
The Challenge of Right-Wing Extremism: Facts and Insights from Germany Are we witnessing a global shift to the right? A new study on German political attitudes by the University of Leipzig suggests a loud minority may be drowning out the moderate middle. By Johannes Kiess
Announcing the 2017 Transatlantic Welcoming Communities! We are pleased to announce the nine communities that will participate in our 2017 Welcoming Communities Transatlantic Exchange. By Hannah Winnick
Refugees are holding up a mirror to Europe "The “refugee crisis” is, in fact, a crisis of European politics. It reflects growing narrow-mindedness, fear of the future and national parochialism in Europe." Hbs Co-President Ralf Fücks on the future of Europe and on ways to successfully shape a European refugee policy. By Ralf Fücks
